I got up in the middle of the night to get a glass of water and tweaked my back! I didn’t bend or twist, it just cricked. Put away your violins. I’ve suffered from minor, but painful, back problems occasionally…

After a meeting of Team Basil it was decided that one of its members (me) would go on the brave and lonely mission to explore some of Oslo’s museums, while the others (mainly Sarah) would remain behind and fulfil domestic…

Team Basil were shaken from their reverie by the shrill tones of the ubiquitous iPhone alarm. At 7.15 it was so early even the dogs rolled over and went back to sleep. The human members of the team had no…

Having made the decision to cut short our time in the Western Fjords because of bad weather, inevitably today dawned with a clear blue sky! I don’t know what the weather is like further north, but I felt a tinge…